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What I’d like to know is why God, having been disappointed by Adam, did not subsequently make everyone else as good as Jesus. There’d have been only two people in need of salvation and that would’ve been the end of it.

Imagine for a moment being an all knowing fully omniscient entity.

You know the outcome of every singe event in advance. You are never surprised, never amazed, never caught off guard by the punchline of a joke, or a plot twist in a movie.

Sounds pretty boring.

What is the signature difference between Man and a host of Angels?

We have free will. We do that most precious of all things. We do the unexpected.

[Buttons12]

Well, nothing is unexpected by the Lord, and yet I don’t think he’d be bored if everyone were Jesus-level good.

As to free will, the angels have it, obviously. Jesus had it, and plainly referred to it just before his arrest. Mary had it, consenting to God’s plan before the angel who visited her.

Clearly free will is not the reason God didn’t roll out an improved model after Adam fell.

With the mind He gave me, I’d love to know the reason. :)

[Kevmo]

Exodus 32:14 ►
King James Bible
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

Berean Study Bible
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

English Revised Version
And the LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

World English Bible
Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

New King James Version
So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.